Grade 9 · Social Studies · Unit 12 of 15
Canada & the World
Peacekeeping, Remembrance Day, contributions and neighbours.
What your child practises
Practises Canada's military and peacekeeping role, Remembrance Day, contributions of Canadians to the global community, refugees and development, and relations with the United States.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 9-KG-040, 9-KG-041, 9-KG-042, 9-KP-047, 9-VG-011, 9-VG-012, 9-VG-013 · Canada's role in global conflict, contributions to the global community and Canadian-American relationships
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
NORAD is a…
- joint Canada–U.S. organization that defends North American airspace
- fishing treaty
- language law
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joint Canada–U.S. organization that defends North American airspace
Hint: It began in 1958.
Question 2
Canadian soldiers served in Afghanistan from 2001 to…
- 1951
- 2014
- 2024
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2014
Hint: Canada's combat mission ended in 2011 and training continued until 2014.
Question 3
A challenge in Canada–U.S. relations is…
- balancing trade with protecting Canada's own decisions and culture
- speaking different alphabets
- having no shared border
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balancing trade with protecting Canada's own decisions and culture
Hint: Sovereignty and trade are linked.
Question 4
Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope raised money for…
- a sports stadium
- cancer research
- new highways
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cancer research
Hint: The Terry Fox Run now takes place around the world.
Question 5
Alexander Graham Bell is credited with…
- building the Canadarm
- inventing insulin
- inventing the telephone
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inventing the telephone
Hint: He worked in Brantford, Ontario, in the 1870s.
Question 6
“In Flanders Fields” is a poem written by…
- John McCrae
- Pauline Johnson
- Robert Munsch
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John McCrae
Hint: He was a Canadian doctor and soldier.